Show first australian sheep australian wool on which has been built up much of that british colons col onys prosperity started more than one hundred years ago it at originated with a certain captain macarthur a soldier in the british army settling in new south wales soon after governor phillip arrived there he saw the possibilities for growing fine wool and by the luckiest accident was able in 1796 to import five merino ewes and three rains they were of a flock presented by th the eking ling of spain to the dutch at the cape and came from the famous E Es curial nock flock these judiciously added to by macarthur were the beginning of the vast australian sheep industry of today the first shipment of australian wool was pounds in 1807 now the shipments run into hundreds of millions ot of pounds andl indianapolis Li news |